Kari Jalonen Ice hockey player
Kari Jalonen (born January 6, 1960 in Oulu, Finland) is a professional ice hockey coach and former player. He played parts of two seasons at the NHL level, with the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers, but is best known for his time in SM-liiga. He is the current head coach of the Finnish national team.Jalonen represented Finland internationally on nine occasions, including with the silver-medal winning 1980 World Juniors team and the bronze-medal winning 1986 European Championship team.After his Playing Career, Jalonen has made himself a career in coaching.Jalonen has coached successful SM-liiga teams TPS, Kärpät and HIFK. He has won four gold medals as a Head Coach. Three with Kärpät and one with HIFK. Jalonen also played for HIFK during his playing career.Jalonen started as the Head Coach of Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in KHL from the beginning of the 2011–12 season. In 2013 he coached Lev Prague to the Gagarin Cup finals, losing to Metallurg Magnitogorsk in seven games.
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| Career start | 1978 |
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| Career end | 1996 |
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| shoots | Left |